The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-17
In NenOria.l.

I Mrs. Caroline l.. sh.stlrck, agtds. yeaf3
aud north. s'tesea. howard Ca., Iowa.
what psins'st thou north wind, DER the waste
CT snow.
swept BY thine own wild nlnstrelsy to- night:
CONTEST thou freightei from hearth-stone
bright,
With gladstone wishes for the new born year.
With voice - tllt ~ '"..~
49,, .nu sung. ana cheer,
Gu sooynjng to ean.. sad and oareworn hcarG
Nay. Wild north wind thou hast requiem
For one hcoyed whose holy rest shal! be
Eebe:.ih Tie cold pure SHOWS. tnat silently
Have laid their mantle Ger a loy6-warm breast.
Why -houltlst thou lush for aye that gentle
voice.
And seal the lips that breathed no murmuring
I'm tines that tried mems souls:n when far
From homie and kindred, a devoted wife,
CHEEKY and hopeful In the darkest hour,
sharing all fortunes with the one beloved.
From the fair valley 0! the Gencsee,
Aud the wild beauty OF Its banks and hills,
Her wandering feet str2yed to the sunny south,
And found a hone among the orange blooms
Ard pare II ,gnolla blossoms: loving friends
She ever gathered at her side; whereer she
straycd.
A mystic key she held to every heart.
Large was her bounty, when fair fortune
smiled
And dwelt beneath her roor; circle wide
or friends and strangers found abiding place
And hoSpiiabis Welcomes ana When wars
alarms.
And The Wild tumult OF contending arms,
Invaded peaceful homes, and want and suHer-
Ing,
And death. inlrgdad In the mansion and the cot
How brave one ttniid woman Dure her lot,
Sharing her eoiaforfs with the destitute,
Whose Blessings OH her gentle charity
Repaid her tender. cheerful Sacrince.
Amid the pesti,enee that swept with death
The crowded city. till its victims fell
| From n!ends around her, she was strangely
spared
From the fierce midnight flames uuscathed she
passed,
Where the bleak north wind was less pitiiess;
| And strangers tenderly have laid 10 rest
/ One who in a il her sweet life stfOve to make
The world more bright, and good, and beautiful
! Ever her song arose to bless and cheer,
Ard awake To high endeasor: pouring out
Her whole soul IN It's numbers musical
=. Lise to the fabied nightingale who sang
Tie sNeetcr With her breast against thorn.
Adrer~ity bur walked her loving heart
To greater eI efgy, and when hereft
or the sole treasure o. her mother love,
Her b. IN oh ,iee the grief III all who wcpt
10 fear came Ger her gentle spirit Zen
She passed the darksoms iiyar, ony thought
fuc one ieit d.saaie' the pslltn!st's words.
The Lord my slspaord Il. | shall not want
Bgeathed o',t her faith aud love, aud thus SHIT
passed
From earth TO heaven
Oh sweet sis,e min.
nv haal Is I'll too ruIe TO touch the .yfa
In memory nt one AXE thee. whose life
ike the sweet rose has Lett lie fragrance still
With all who knew ard loyed thee;
Fare thee well,
ALLEGAN, Nich.. Jan. 1ssi. EN-. HALL
BoDS,-Feb., %, 1887, to Mr. ant
Mrs Fred Jarobus OF jamestown
Howard Co, Iowa. IL daughter.
: MARRIED-At the residence OF {
J. Hall. Lime Springs. Feb, 10, 1881
by I L. Van Lruvan. Justice OF tn,
Peace. i. \. Flick to Miss Lizzie
Jones, both Of Howard Co, Iowa
MARRIED In DEBORAH, Iowa, Feb
Is, 1887, 10y ". r. Toye,J J. F., William
J. Welch and Miss Cora Allmar
both Of Cresc9.